Monday, June 15, 2015

We
should all be willing to suspend skepticism about unfamiliar forms of
Buddhism and explore their texts and practices deeply and without
presuppositions. If we do this hard work, we will find that these
unfamiliar Buddhisms make sense in their own terms and deserve our
respect. Whether they turn out to be more similar to or more different
from our own Buddhism is irrelevant. If we investigate these myriad
versions of Buddhism, we will understand how all of them are derived
from the teachings of the one teacher we all revere.

“True happiness comes from within, and allows you to experience
freedom. You may be with someone out of love because it’s good to be
close to them, and there is a synergy. The energy of this affinity grows
with every encounter. That is the complete opposite of believing that
your happiness is dependent on this person.”